Steel-sheathed box-car.



APPLICATION d @Wsw rrp sanas. ramena carica.

WILLIAM E. FOWLER, sa., on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNOn To THE roy/'Lan ons COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINgIs.

STEEL-SHEATIIED sox-CAR.

reassess.

To all whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, lViLLiAM L. llowLnii,

Sr., a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 11linois, have invented certain new and useful Improvenientsin Steel-Sheathed Box-Cars, of which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to railway vcars and has particular reference to a novel steelsheathed box car, such as shown in my y Patent No. 1,151,351 'of August 2l, 1915', of

which this is a division. y

An object in the present -constrilctioii is to provide a car of steel exterior, and, if"

desired, With a Wooden interior, for the purposeof insulation which shall be so constructed as shall obviate the necessity for framing, the load being carried by the walls themselves.

A further obgect is to provide means in connection with such a car whereby a Wooden L h" 'b' 'Vdl l' l 't lsaeat ing may e iea 1y app iet i te sired, the interior surface including side and endwalls, -loor and roof, being adaptable to the application or omission oi the wooden sheathing element.

For many uses a car composed of a single steel sheathing would be satisfactory VA-but such cars al'e not available for general service unless provision is made for the at tachment to the interior of bracing for securing certain types oflading. Such bracing cannot be readily secui'ed without the provision of -Wooden bracing would be nailed.

i v, Preferably the Wooden posts are secured in the channels formed at the juncture of the side plates by means of bolts or rivets which extend in a line parallel with the plane of the plates.. Thus the tendency of the channels to 4open up under strain is overcome. lThesides should not be relied upon to carry ,tlie'load Without this provision inasmuch as the strength of theplates against elongation would only be the elastic-limit of the metal forming the channel. i

In the present construction an object is to so join the abutting edges of the plates that economy in thense of material is4 effected; furthermoreto-p'rovide means for Joining theedges, such as by the use of rivets, such means being independent of the means used Specification of Letters atent.

posts to which the rat-@mea May is, reis.

and this application led February 17',

with my invention,

i Fig. 2. is a fragmentary longitudinal seotion of the same, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the construction shown in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularl)v to the drawn ings, it will be seen that the car ends and sides may consist in plates 10 having` it' desired, achannel 1l formed intermediate the edges of the plates, this channel serving to strengthen and give rigidity tothe sides. The side edges of each of the plates are bent into an angle, as shown at 12, the marginal edges ot adjacent plates being overlapped and riveted, as shown at 13.

The upper and lower edges of thev plates 10 are flanged, as at 1l, the lianges of adjacent plates being overlapped and riveted. At the ends l prefer to bend the plate l5, composing the end wall. in such manner as to provide for the accommodation of a substantial post 1G, the end and side sheets being overlapped, however, in the same inaniier as just described. It will be seen that in the side and end walls the Hanging of the adjacent sheets forms a channel and in this channel l locate a post 17, one edge of which projects beyond the inside plane of the sheets. To this post may be secured boards 18 by the use of nails or other suitable means. This leaves the space 19 between the wooden .and metallic members which serves as an effective insulation. Likewise l mount a post 2O in the channel formed by Ithe strengthening rib ll. ln order to strengthen the structure and at the same time removably secure the posts 1T and 20 in place, I provide bolts 21 which pass through the metallic and wooden members in the plane ot the car side. The object sought in ythus locating such bolts is to prevent the spreading of the channels under cer- `tain strains, the side walls thereby acting as reference tothe accompanying tinul maintain the posts in position and it iisto lbe understood that vany equivalent means for preventing the. spreading'of the channels is contemplated by me.` l

1. In a railway car, the combination-of a side wall composed ofa plurality of sheets or plates, the marginal edges of which are bent into L-shape, the terminal' anges of adjacent L-shaped portions being overlapped and riveted, the channel-shaped space formed by such construction being open to the inside of the car and belng adapted torecerve a the overlapped portions .of the sheets, and.

means extending `parallel to the plane of the' side ofV thecar foifbridging saidchannels and preventing their spreading under strain., substantially as described.v

3, A car end constructed of a .plurality of alined metal plates having their meeting edges constructed-in Z-shape, the lateral rihs thereof .extend outwardly beyond the plane of the plates and the vertical flanges whereof o 'erlap and are connected together in channel-beam, formation.

lSigned at Chicago, ol l `ehrnary, 1915.

lVI-LLIAM E. FOVVLER, -Si:

Witnesses: -r i MARION `(fr. llmvmm, T; l).` Berman.

Illinois, this 13th da)V 

